---
title: 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Hughes'
released: '1987-11-25'
runtime_minutes: 93
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/planes-trains-and-automobiles-1987'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093748/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)

1987 · R · 93 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Planes, Trains and Automobiles is a 1987 American road trip comedy film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes. The film stars Steve Martin as Neal Page, an uptight advertising executive, and John Candy as Del Griffith, an overly-friendly traveling salesman, who become unlikely companions after a snowstorm disrupts their travel plans. Stranded far from home, the pair embarks on a series of misadventures while attempting to get Neal home to his family in Chicago in time for Thanksgiving.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Hughes](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hughes)
- **Screenplay:** [John Hughes](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hughes)
- **Producer:** [John Hughes](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hughes)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ira Newborn](https://cinepixo.com/people/ira-newborn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Paul Hirsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-hirsch), [Donald Peterman](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-peterman)
- **Editor:** [Paul Hirsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-hirsch)

## Cast

- [Olivia Burnette](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivia-burnette)
- [Edie McClurg](https://cinepixo.com/people/edie-mcclurg)
- [Matthew Lawrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-lawrence)
- [Kevin Bacon](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-bacon)
- [William Windom](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-windom)
- [Charles Tyner](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-tyner)
- [Bill Erwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-erwin)
- [Michael McKean](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-mckean)
- [Troy Evans](https://cinepixo.com/people/troy-evans)
- [Ben Stein](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-stein)
- [Steve Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-martin)
- [Dylan Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/dylan-baker)
- [Jeri Ryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeri-ryan)
- [Larry Hankin](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-hankin)
- [Martin Ferrero](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-ferrero)

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